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The role of nonverbal communication in the workplace as a part of general communication skills was scrutinized in many studies. By adding the high success dimension to the previous research, this study tries to find out the effects of nonverbal communication skills on the success at the work setting through the example of academicians. In the empirical study, the effects of nonverbal communication skills of highly successful Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculty members on their performance in the university classroom at Hacettepe University were assessed by using four different scales. Findings were compared with the data obtained from the studies done in the United States, Australia, Puerto Rico and Finland. Results showed that high performers have a high competency level of nonverbal communication skills. Furthermore, the effects of nonverbal communication skills of faculty members exhibited differences in accordance with the “Immediacy/Non-immediacy” level of the country. Findings also demonstrated that nonverbal communication skills have a positive correlation with all aspects of the success in the instruction process. In conclusion, results of the study emphasize the importance of attaching more importance to nonverbal communication skills in “training and development programs” aiming at improving the success level of academicians in the classroom instruction.

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